Mathematics gifts

This fun and friendly activity book is the perfect introduction to maths for young children. The simple, easy-to-understand puzzles and games build on basic counting skills to introduce the ideas of adding, subtracting, shapes, fractions, and measuring in an accessible way. My First Number Fun Book supports the key stage 1 (KS1) curriculum and is great for home learning. Perfect...

Make maths magical and fun! This kit lets kids learn clever number tricks and mind-bending maths magic, turning learning into an exciting performance. Perfect for curious minds, it builds confidence while entertaining friends and family with impressive tricks and clever calculations.

This engaging book presents the essential mathematics needed to describe, simulate, and render a 3D world. Reflecting both academic and in-the-trenches practical experience, the authors teach you how to describe objects and their positions, orientations, and trajectories in 3D using mathematics. The text provides an introduction to mathematics for game designers, including the fundamentals of coordinate spaces, vectors, and matrices....

The world is full of shapes. Big ones. Small ones. And pizza ones.When cats and dogs aren’t asleep or chasing sticks, they’re thinking about the big questions. In this fun, first graphic novel style series about friendship and discovery, we meet Mog and Morris, two furry friends who love to ponder about the world around them. They think about all...

Lets children discover the secret history of everyday maths and explore the why and where of essential maths topics Incredible historical stories explore the often surprising origins of the maths we use today, from number sequences to coordinates. Crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers will amuse and entertain even the most reluctant math students. Find out why an hour...

Age range 9+ One of the hardest questions that mathematics teachers have to answer is "Why?" Schoolroom sums are crucial in learning the awesome power of mathematics, but they are often a world away from how the knowledge is applied and where it came from. Inside Mathematics: Probability & Statistics is there to fill that gap. What are the chances...

A mind-expanding exploration of size, the measure of all things, from the New York Times bestselling author. The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth. Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society, and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions— from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio—tells...

From bestselling author Chip Heath, a lively, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to understanding cold, clinical data and harnessing it to tell a persuasive story. How many hours' worth of songs are on your Spotify Wrapped this year? How much is your commute time really worth? How do you work out how likely you are to get Covid based on the official...